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The Rock (1996)
7.3
Ratings: 7.3/10 from 150,459 users
Metascore:
59/100
Reviews: 385 user | 99 critic | 18 from Metacritic.com A renegade general and his group of U.S. Marines take over Alcatraz and threaten San Francisco Bay with biological weapons. A chemical weapons specialist and the only man to have ever escaped from the Rock attempt to prevent chaos. Director:Michael Bay |
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| Sean Connery | ... | ||
| Nicolas Cage | ... | ||
| Ed Harris | ... |
Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel
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| John Spencer | ... | ||
| David Morse | ... | ||
| William Forsythe | ... | ||
| Michael Biehn | ... |
Commander Charles Anderson
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| Vanessa Marcil | ... | ||
| John C. McGinley | ... |
Marine Captain Hendrix
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Gregory Sporleder | ... | |
| Tony Todd | ... | ||
| Bokeem Woodbine | ... | ||
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Jim Maniaci | ... | |
| Greg Collins | ... | ||
| Brendan Kelly | ... | ||
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Storyline
Stanley Goodspeed, who lives in Washington D.C., is a biochemist who works for the FBI. Soon after his fiancée Carla Pestalozzi announces that she is pregnant, Stanley gets a call from FBI director James Womack. Womack tells Stanley that San Francisco's Alcatraz Island has been taken hostage, along with 81 tourists, by marine General Francis Xavier Hummel who, for years, has been protesting the government's refusal to pay benefits to families of war veterans who died during covert military operations. The death of his wife Barbara Hummel on March 9, 1995 drove General Hummel over the edge, and now he's holding hostages in order to get his point across. Stanley is needed because General Hummel has stolen some VX gas warheads and has announced that he will launch them onto San Francisco unless his demands are met. Stanley knows how to disarm the bombs, but Stanley needs someone who knows Alcatraz well enough to get him inside... Written by Todd Baldridge
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Cocked, locked, and Ready to Rock! See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for strong violence, language and a sex scene See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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La Roca See more »Box Office
Budget:
$70,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$25,069,525 (USA) (9 June 1996)Gross:
$325,000,000 (Worldwide)Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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General Hummel: Congressman Weaver and esteemed members of the Special Armed Services Committee, I come before you to protest a grave injustice... It has to stop.
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Written by John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Performed by Peter & Gordon
Courtesy of Capitol Records
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The premiere of the movie was held in the Prison Recreation Yard on Alcatraz. See more »Goofs
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: At the Hanger Scene (beginning at 29:07), Wolmack is reviewing Goodspeed's credentials "BA from Columbia, MA, PhD in Chemistry/Toxicology". As Goodspeed is a scientist, one would assume that his education from his Bachelors degree onwards would be in the sciences. He should hold a BS/BSc. from Columbia and an MS/PhD from John Hopkins, but Wolmac does in fact mention John Hopkins as he reads Goodspeed's file. See more »Quotes
[first lines]General Hummel: Congressman Weaver and esteemed members of the Special Armed Services Committee, I come before you to protest a grave injustice... It has to stop.
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"World Without Love"Written by John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Performed by Peter & Gordon
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